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meet litespeed & the team who crafts our bikes
Litespeed takes the highest quality titanium available and makes it better. While our competition settles for softer, more easily worked grades, we go above and beyond to deliver the most premium cold-worked, cycling-specific tubesets in the world.
Our Litespeed Titanium frames are handmade in Chattanooga, Tennessee and have been for over 30 years. We're proud of our American heritage and ability to innovate and design the most sophisticated titanium bicycles in the world. At Litespeed, we uphold an age-old standard — that the highest quality products are handbuilt in the United States of America.
Litespeed's Aerospace Development Program develops titanium components and products for use in military applications and aerospace exploration. Our declassified assignment of partnering with NASA's JPL — Jet Propulsion Labs — to design and manufacture key titanium components for the Mars "Curiosity" Rover is just one example of Litespeed's success in the aerospace industry. This true "skunk works" like department is responsible for driving American innovation, not just making bikes — although we're pretty good at that too.
Unlike its predecessors, Curiosity utilized its wheels as landing gear rather than airbags when a rocket-powered descent lowered it directly onto the Martian surface via a tether on Sunday; the maneuver had been dubbed the "Seven Minutes of Terror" by media and NASA engineers for the precarious and thrilling nature of the throttle from 13,000 mph at atmosphere entry to surface descent.
Curiosity's titanium rocker-bogie suspension system will prevent it from tipping while navigating the rocky terrain of Mars. Independent six-wheel drive and cleats provide traction and the rover can also swerve and turn in place a full 360 degrees. Curiosity has far exceeded it's initial expected lifetime on Mars - a bit of testament to the quality and durability of Litespeed Titanium components.
At Litespeed, we don't settle for easier worked materials or shaping methods. Our tubesets are cold-worked with aerospace grade titanium. We treat each bicycle frame with the same care and attention to detail as the components we develop for aerospace applications - like the Mars "Curiosity" Rover launched by NASA in 2012.
Frame Size |
Rider Heightin |
Rider Height cm |
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Road, Gravel, Cherohala |
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XS |
4'9" - 5'0" |
145 - 152 |
S |
4'11" - 5'4" |
149 - 162 |
M |
5'2" - 5'7" |
157 - 170 |
ML |
5'6" - 5'11" |
167 - 180 |
L |
5'10" - 6'3" |
177 - 190 |
XL |
6-2" - 6'7" |
187 - 200 |
Pinhoti Boost |
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S |
5'0" - 5'6" |
152 - 167 |
M |
5'5" - 5'11" |
162 - 178 |
L |
5'10" - 6'3" |
165 - 190 |
XL |
6'2"- 6'5" |
187 - 195 |
Pinhoti SL |
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XS 27.5 |
4'9" - 5'3" |
145 - 160 |
S 27.5 |
5'0" - 5'6" |
152 - 168 |
S |
5'0" - 5'6" |
152 - 168 |
M |
5'5" - 5'11" |
162 - 178 |
L |
5'10" - 6'3" |
165 - 190 |
ku:wa and ahwi |
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XS |
4'9" - 5'3" |
145 - 160 |
S |
5'0" - 5'6" |
152 - 168 |
M |
5'4" - 5'10" |
163 - 178 |
L |
5'9 - 6'3" |
175 - 190 |
